Category: Precursors
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Precursor: 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards (2018)
The Screen Actors Guild awards are happening now. I’ll update as the winners are announced, including the graphic and the tallies. In the interim, our team’s predictions will be included below so you can see what everyone thought might happen tonight. I’ll also consider writing a play-by-play of each winner and what it means to…
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Precursor: 3rd Chicago Independent Critics Nominations (2018)
In many ways, this list is better than the Oscar nominations, though it’s imperfect with people like Melissa McCarthy unfairly overlooked. Nominations Tallies (11) Black Panther (9) The Favourite, Roma (8) First Man (6) If Beale Street Could Talk, A Star Is Born (5) Vice (4) Annihilation, BlacKkKlansman (3) Eighth Grade, First Reformed, Hereditary, Widows…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 10
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). The last of the guilds and other major nominating groups were announced this last week with a smattering…
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Precursor: 39th Golden Raspberry Nominations (2018)
Always ones to go for the low-hanging fruit, the Golden Raspberry Awards, colloquially referred to as the Razzies, have announced their selections for the worst of the year, with three of the five Worst Picture nominees earning 6 nominations apiece while a fourth film, not nominated in that character, also picked up six. The dishonorable…
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Precursor: 39th London Critics Awards (2018)
The final film critic group to announce this year is London with its unusual rules for eligibility built around U.S. vs. U.K. release dates. Roma won the Best Picture award while The Favourite went home with more wins, including Best British / Irish Film. Otherwise, there isn’t much to see here. Award Tallies (4) The…
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Precursor: 23rd Online Film & Television Nominations (2018)
A plethora of strong choices, many of them commonplace this awards season, came out of the Online Film & Television Association. Black Panther was the nominations leader with fourteen followed closely by The Favourite, A Star Is Born, and First Man. Several of they year’s prominent contenders didn’t quite make it to the final nominations,…
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Precursor: 30th Producers Guild Awards (2018)
Showing that Roma doesn’t have dibs on Best Picture, the Producers Guild of America went with the safe, easy choice of Green Book, avoiding controversy in selecting most of the other films and forgetting that we’re in the 2018 and not 1989. Their other two selections are as expected. The Awards Best Picture Green Book…
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Precursor: 66th Sound Editors Guild Nominations (2018)
Although they were expected to announce their nominations the day before the Oscars, the Motion Picture Sound Editors have given out their 2018 nominations. While they have numerous categories, the two you most need to pay attention are the Sound Effects and Foley and the Dialogue and ADR categories. Oftentimes, the most nominated are also…
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Precursor: 32nd USC Scripter Nominations (2018)
If you look at the Adapted Screenplay contenders, you would only find two of these films as likely nominees. The Death of Stalin has shown up enough times to be considered a threat, but the Academy doesn’t like comic book movies that much and definitely don’t consider the screenplays worthy since none have ever been…
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Precursor: 17th Visual Effects Society Nominations (2018)
With this group, there are three categories to inspect for clues to the Oscar nominees. Of those three, most come from Best Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature while one or two can come from Best Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature. The third category, which became important with Kubo and the Two Strings…
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Precursor: 10th Denver Film Critics Awards (2018)
Chalk another one up for Roma. We’re getting close to the end of the critics awards, which means the industry will now start weighing in, including the Producers Guild later this week. At that point, all of these carbon-copy critics prizes will be largely forgotten. Award Tallies (3) Roma (2) The Favourite, A Quiet Place…
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Precursor: 56th Publicists Guild Nominations (2018)
The ICG Publists Guild doesn’t have anything remotely significant in terms of Oscar predictability and, of these films, four of them are fringe contenders that could be nominated, but definitely not all of them will. Doubtful that any of them would even win. The Nominations Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship Motion Picture Black Panther Bohemian Rhapsody…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 9
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). Numerous precursors came out in the last week, many of them from guilds, which should help us set…
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Precursor: 24th Broadcast Critics Awards (2018)
Although it didn’t win many awards, Roma edged out everything else to win Best Picture. Can it do the same at the Oscars and become the first foreign language film to perform that feat? All signs point to maybe. There are a lot of obstacles to overcome, but it’s a distinct possibility. That is the…
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Precursor: 3rd Hawaii Critics Awards (2018)
When you only have four members, it’s a likelihood that ties will abound and this list is no exception. It isn’t particularly instructive, though. Award Tallies (6) A Star Is Born, Roma (3) First Man (2) The Favourite, A Quiet Place The Awards
